Lange Family Experiencenter

An Interactive Art Gallery for All Ages!

Year-round, The Lange Family Experiencenter provides informal learning opportunities for children and their caregivers, encouraging families to engage with art and learn together. Exhibitions are designed to inspire exploration, collaboration, enhance family learning and provide a social experience in a relaxed museum setting.

Yeck Artist-in-Residence Fellowship

The Yeck Artist-in-Residence (AiR) fellowship engages a local artist with museum guests, particularly families and children in DAI’s nationally renowned Lange Family Experiencenter (LFE) gallery. The program provides a paid opportunity for greater Dayton area artists to create an original, participatory art project. By designing and offering an interactive and engaging hands-on creative arts experience, the AiR supports families’ and children’s connection to museum spaces. Length of residency varies. Please visit DAI’s YeckAIR page to learn more about the program. To apply for the program visit DAI’s employment page.

Current Workshops: 

Led by local artists Kyle and Kelly Phelps these two-day workshops engage guests in the molding and casting process. As a participant, you will learn the basics of mold-making to create a life cast of your hand to create a story-telling sculpture. All materials will be provided by the Dayton Art Institute. No experience is necessary. Kyle and Kelly Phelps are identical twin artists and professors based in Ohio who collaborate on ceramic, sculpture and mixed-media work highlighting the experiences and struggles of blue-collar workers, race relations and everyday people, drawing on their upbringing in a Midwestern factory town. They are currently featured as the Dayton Art Institute’s Yeck Artists in Residence and their artwork is on display in our Lange Family Experiencenter.

Please note: This is a two-day workshop, with the second day held outside, weather permitting. This workshop is only for ages 13+. Power tools and chemicals are used in the molding and casting process.

Dates: April 4 and 11 (two-day workshop), May 2 and 9 (two-day workshop) and July 11 and 18 (two-day workshop)
Time: All workshop days run 11 AM – 5 PM. Lunch is NOT provided.
Cost: Member Cost: Free Non-Member Cost: Included with cost of admission
Location: Lange Family Experiencenter Classroom and Museum Grounds
Ages: 13+ ONLY

REGISTRATION REQUIRED – Register Here